THE World Cup has a lot to answer for. Millions of you are more wound up by footballers than anything else and player turned pundit Alan Hansen has not escaped.

The Liverpool legend is ranked at number 42 in our top 100 list of irritating people - even higher than his BBC colleague John Motson.

Poor old Alan gets on your nerves mainly because he never smiles. Our readers reckon he is the epitome of a "dour Scot" and lots of you put in a desperate plea for him to cheer up.

You also find the 47-year-old far too critical of the players. "That was the worse display I've ever seen" being a typical kind comment.

Ouch.

Sadly, although we reckon the former international delivers his opinions with a twinkle in his eye, he didn't exactly inspire respect when he famously said to Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson: "You won't win anything with kids".

But win they did.

Reader Graham Knight sums him up: "The guy knows his stuff but there's no need for him to be so miserable all the time.

"It doesn't help cheer me up if my team's played badly. The man's driving me to drink!"